I listened as the men laughed and talked about their daily lives, apparently unaware that I could hear them."My wife is mad at me… again.”"What'd ...ya do this time, Ralphie?" Hell, I don't know, it's always something." Hey, don't complain about your wife too much now. Marriage is a partnership so it takes two to tango," said a third voice."Yeah, yeah, says the man with the most perfect marriage in the whole damn parish. Must be a hard knock life when your union has God's full blessing," yelled. When they'd first met David had taken her away on many weekend breaks. She hadn't met as many men as demanding or daring as David. He had taken her to the North York Moors, then high on the hills with views for miles, he had stripped her, and fucked her in the heather.He hadn't made love to her he had fucked her! She knew the difference now. Not that David couldn't be loving and romantic, she remembered their many fireside romps with chilled wine and a blazing fire with fondness.She wasn't sure. I know this with all my heart." Annabelle, you have seen with your own eyes how I affect things. I do have the power to affect the world around me." But, you made the beautiful flowers bloom and-" And I can make them die too, Annabelle," he interjects. "Without the intention, I can make them die if my mood gets dark enough." How old are you?" I ask, stroking his barely-there wrinkles around his eyes with my fingertips."Much older than I look. I aged normally until adulthood, then my aging. In the afternoons I go for a walk with Lisa and Jess, two of the neighborhood wives. Then I pick up the kids and prepare dinner, after James gets home I do ? well ? whatever he wants. Luckily James does well enough so I don’t have to work; I’ve heard office life is absolutely dreadful. Katie Eaton:For us girls, life is all about routines. I remember when I was first getting used to my responsibilities as a woman of the house everything was new and scary but now that I know what to expect.